diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 6fd8c089cafcdea41434fadc60512b96d4a90f5d..a56ef6b187bb73865840465eb439ed7325034520 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct kvm_vm *vm_create(enum vm_guest_mode mode, uint64_t phy_pages, int perm)
 
 	/* Allocate memory. */
 	vm = calloc(1, sizeof(*vm));
-	TEST_ASSERT(vm != NULL, "Insufficent Memory");
+	TEST_ASSERT(vm != NULL, "Insufficient Memory");
 
 	vm->mode = mode;
 	vm_open(vm, perm);